Warm, dry weather can force the Fire Chief to impose mandatory burn bans to ensure both fire and clean air safety. We’ve compiled answers to your frequently asked questions to help assure you have the facts before you burn.

Catastrophic losses – human, property and environmental – can have significant impact on your company’s production, morale and continued viability. The damage and downtime resulting from even a “small fire” can be detrimental to your company’s ability to remain in business.

CO is a by-product of incomplete combustion of fuel such as natural gas, propane, heating oil, kerosene, coal, charcoal, gasoline, wood, or other bio-fuels. This incomplete combustion can occur in any device that depends on burning a fuel for energy or heat.

Testing and Replacing Landlords are responsible for installing and maintaining CO alarms in their rental units Landlords are required to test CO alarms in rental units annually and when the battery is replaced, changes are made to the electric circuit or a change of tenancy occurs. It is against the law for tenants to remove […]

How to prevent the build-up of CO in your home: Ensure fuel-burning appliances, chimneys and vents are cleaned and inspected by professionals every year before cold weather sets in. Visit COSafety.ca to find a registered contractor near you. Ensure vents for the dryer, furnace, stove, fireplace and other fuel-burning appliances should always be […]